Abraham Lincoln

Mathew Bradyca. 1860

Details

Title: Abraham Lincoln
Creator: John Chester Buttre after Mathew B. Brady
Date Created: ca. 1860
Subject Keywords: government, Lincoln (Abraham), male portraits, politicians, politics, portraits
Signatures / Inscriptions: Inscribed in plate below image, center left: “A. Lincoln”; inscribed in plate below image, lower left: “Photograph by M.B. Brady”; inscribed in plate below image, lower right: “Engd by J.C. Buttre, N.Y.”
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Gardiner, 1940
Materials & Techniques: Engraving on wove paper
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: Published by J.C. Buttre, 48 Franklin St., New York
Dimensions: 1893
Bibliography: H. Holzer, B. Boritt, and M. Neely, “The Lincoln Image…,” Journal of the American Historical Print Collectors Society (Spring 1984), p. 9; in DAC files, a Gardiner letter accompanying Lincoln portrait etchings (1940.1.2.1-2) by F. Stuart mentions this print.
Associated People: Created by John Chester Buttre (American, 1821-1893), After Mathew B. Brady (American, 1823-1896)
Accession Number: 1940.1.1

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